[ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> Reporter: ANYTHING YOU'VE HAD
ON THE SHOW YOU'RE LIKE, GOOD
GOD, NEVER AGAIN?
>> YEAH.
THEY DO THIS FUNKY FERMENTED
FISH IN ICELAND.
A HAZMAT SITUATION.
>> HERE IS THE TONGUE.
>> YEAH.
GOOD.
>> I'M EATING TONGUE WITH
ANTHONY BOURDAIN.
A MOMENT FROM OUR DAY IN OCTOBER
OF 2016 WITH THE LATE GREAT
ANTHONY BOURDAIN.
ANTHONY WALKED ME UP ROOSEVELT
AVENUE IN JAX HEIGHTS IN QUEENS
GREETED THE STAFF AT FOOD TRUCKS
LIKE FAMILY AND SPOKE LOVINGLY
ABOUT THE YOUNG DAUGHTER WHO
CHANGED THE WAY HE SAW THE
WORLD.
ON FRIDAY IN PARIS, THE BELOVED
BOURDAIN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
JUST DAYS EARLIER IN NEW YORK,
DESIGNER KATE SPADE DID THE
SAME.
ALL IN A WEEK WHEN A NEW STUDY
REVEALED A JARRING SPIKE OF
SUICIDE IN AMERICA.
IN OUR SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT STEVE
PATTERSON LOOKS INTO THE
QUESTION OF WHY.
>> Reporter: IN THE SPECTER OF
HER HUSBAND'S DEATH, TALINDA
SAYS SHE IS STILL HAUNTED.
>> I CAN'T PERSONALLY LVOICE.
I HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING HIS
PICTURE STILL.
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>> Reporter: LAST YEAR, CHESTER
BENEFITINGTON LEAD SINGER OF THE
LINKIN PARK TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
TO LINDA, SHE WAS SHATTERED.
>> AFTER MY HUSBAND PASSED JI
JUST FELT SAD AND HOPELESS AND
DESPERATE.
>> Reporter: THIS TWEAK THE
PAINFUL MEMORIES STIRRING AGAIN.
CELEBRITY SUICIDE BACK IN THE
HEADLINES.
>> I'LL TAKE THAT.
RIGHT HERE, MY GOOD MAN.
>> Reporter: MILLIONS SHOCKED BY
THE DEATH OF STORY TELLING
CULINARY ICON ANTHONY BOURDAIN
WITH HIS GLOBE TROTTING ALWAYS
SEEMED ON TOP OF THE WORLD.
>> TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD DOING
WHAT INDIANA IN EVERY COOL PLACE
I EVER DREAMED UP AND YOU PAPER.
HOW IS THAT IDEA?
>> Reporter: DAYS EARLIER WE
LEARNED ABOUT RENOWN FASHION
DESIGNER KATE SPADE'S DEATH AND
MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS SAYING
THESE SUICIDE ARE A REFLECTION
OF A MUCH PROBLEM.
NEW NUMBERS FROM THE CDC SHOWING
INCREASE IN SUICIDE ACROSS
NEARLY EVERY STATE UP BY MORE
THAN 25% NATIONWIDE AND SUICIDE
NOW THE TENTH LEADING CAUSE OF
DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES.
WITH 123 DEATHS ON AVERAGE EVERY
DAY.
>> UNTIL WE ACTUALLY START
FOCUSING ON THIS AS A PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUE, WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE CRISES
AND TO SEE THESE NUMBERS GOING
UP.
>> Reporter: HELP IS OFTEN JUST
A CALL AWAY.
>> SUICIDE PREVENTION CENTER
CRISIS LINE.
THIS IS ANN.
>> Reporter: THIS WEEK OFFICIALS
AT THIS CENTER IN LOS ANGELES
SAY IN ONE DAY THE NUMBER OF
CALLERS TO THEIR SUICIDE HOTLINE
MORE THAN DOUBLED.
AND THAT IS A GOOD THING.
>> IT SAVED MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: ON THE OTHER END OF
THE PHONE YOU MIGHT HEAR CRISIS
ANN TAYLOR WHO SAID THE HOTLINE
HELPED PREVENT HER OWN SUICIDE.
>> I BELIEVE IN IT AND I KNOW WE
CAN HELP PEOPLE.
SOMETHING COMES UP AND GIVES
THEM ONE LITTLE REASON TO MAYBE
LAST ANOTHER HOUR OR ANOTHER
DAY.
I MEAN, THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IS MORE REWARDING THAN
THAT.
>> Reporter: PSYCHOLOGISTS
STUDYING THE TREND SAY THE
PROBLEM IS SYSTEMIC.
>> I BELIEVE IT IS A CULTURAL
PROBLEM AND UNTIL WE START
ADDRESSING IT, WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO SEE THESE NUMBERS
GOING UP.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE CULTURE
AND THERE IS NO EASY SIMPLE
SOLUTION.
>> Reporter: AND THAT IS EXACTLY
TO LINDA'S MISSION.
>> I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING ON
THE MENTAL HEALTH LANDSCAPE THAT
CHESTER'S WOULD MEAN SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: SPREADING THE
ISSUE.
>> I THINK PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION
TO IT MORE.
PEOPLE WE LOOK UP TO, ATHLETES,
CHEFS, DESIGNERS, MUSICIANS AND
TOUCHING THE WORLD.
>> Reporter: OPEN UP A
CONVERSATION FOR PROVIDING
HONEST DISCUSSION.
>> WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE BECAUSE
IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE A WORLD WHERE THERE IS NO
STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH.
>> Reporter: PROVING THAT THE
BEST WAY TO STOP SUICIDE'S
DESTRUCTIVE RISE IS START TAKING
IT HEAD ON.
FOR "SUNDAY TODAY" STEVE
PATTERSON, LOS ANGELES.
>> STEVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE DO REMEMBER THERE IS HELP
IF YOU NEED IT.
THE NUMBER FOR THE 24/7 NATIONAL
SUICIDE PREVENTIONLINE IS
1-800-273-8255.
1-800-273-TALK.